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Well, Iran just called the White House’s bluff with a thirty-day fuse. Dozens of nations have joined a frantic call to reopen the oil artery tonight… The clock is officially ticking on a global energy catastrophe. Axios leak ties deal to Lebanon ceasefire… Crude futures stuck at $125… Traders calling it a floor now… Shipping …
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts. Trump could have chosen to release many of the files on his own months ago. “Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, …
A Brooklyn night nurse was slapped with a 30-day jail sentence Monday after she was caught on camera slapping and shaking a premature newborn inside a Westchester County home last year, prosecutors said. Gwendolyn Blake was also handed three years of probation and effectively shut out of most nursing jobs during that timespan for hitting …
WeWork Inc. shares slid 25% on Tuesday morning to their lowest price on record after the company skipped interest payments due on five of its bonds. The co-working firm withheld $37.3 million of cash and $57.9 million of in-kind payments on the notes, according to a regulatory filing, kicking off a 30-day grace period before …